175,86 zł

John Holmes, a Life Measured in Inches BearManor Media

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

"The tree of life represents the roots of man. The branches are the different directions a man can take, live or exist. When you're dead, those that you leave behind will put you in a part of that tree. It represents what was, what is and what will be. It's eternal." -- John Holmes Most people might, understandably, predict that the world's first porn star was a woman, but they would be wrong. John Curtis Holmes was just a simple country boy from Ohio when he moved to California in 1964. It was the infancy of hardcore, so in Holmes' wildest dreams, he could not have predicted the turbulent ride on which he had embarked by publicizing his private parts.With the fame he achieved by playing his most famous character - a gun toting detective named Johnny Wadd - came money. Holmes was pleased to spend it on his wife and mistresses, but soon was in over his head after he became addicted to cocaine. Unfortunately for Holmes, in the years that followed, his addiction led him into several desperate choices - including setting up a robbery at the home of Ed Nash, a powerful L.A. nightclub owner. The robbery resulted in one of the most gruesome, unsolved, multiple-murders in Hollywood history. Amazingly, before his untimely death in 1988, Holmes regained his momentum, remarried and rebuilt his life and career. However, the grave consequences of his addiction, his association with the Wonderland murders, and his AIDS-related death made him an infamous figure in pop culture.Digging past the stigmas, John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches - the first biography about John C. Holmes - unearths the human being behind the penis and proves that there was more to him than could be measured in inches. This biography includes material from the authors' new interviews with: Laurie Holmes, Bill Amerson, Bob Chinn, Julia St. Vincent, Detective Tom Lange, Detective Frank Tomlinson, Paul Thomas, Ron Jeremy, Seka, Marilyn Chambers, Candida Royalle, Rhonda Jo Petty, Dr. Sharon Mitchell, Bill Margold, and many others! John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches also includes 114 reviews of John's most notable feature films, 86 loops synopses, 3 photos sections with rare nudes, and a 21 page comprehensive filmography.

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11,15 zł

Spalona Żywcem Wyd. Kieszonkowe - Souad

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Opis - Pierwsze na świecie świadectwo ofiary zbrodni honorowej. Miała siedemnaście lat i zakochała się: zhańbiła rodzinę. Więc rodzina wydała na nią wyrok śmierci... Pokochała go pierwszą miłością. Myślała, że się z nią ożeni. Ale ukochany zniknął, a ona odkryła, że jest w ciąży. A w jej świecie to najcięższa zbrodnia... W zapomnianej przez Boga wiosce w Cisjordanii kobiety są warte mniej niż zwierzęta domowe. Tu mężczyzna jest panem życia i śmierci żony, córki, siostry. Brat może bezkarnie zabić siostrę, matka - córkę, kolejną bezużyteczną dziewczynkę, jaka się urodzi. Tu kobiecie odbiera się godność, a nawet życie zgodnie z odwiecznym obyczajem i uświęconą tradycją. A śmierć jest karą dla dziewczyny, która zhańbi rodzinę. Tak jak Souad. Wyrok wydaje jej ojciec. Szwagier dokonuje egzekucji. Oblewa Souad benzyną i podpala... SOUAD przeżyła - cudem, ale rodzina usiłowała zabić ją nawet w szpitalu. Na zawsze jednak pozostanie straszliwie okaleczona - na ciele i duszy. I wciąż musi się ukrywać; dopóki żyje, jej rodzinę okrywa hańba. Spalona żywcem, opublikowana pod pseudonimem szokująca opowieść o piekle, jakim było jej dzieciństwo i młodość, stała się międzynarodowym bestsellerem. Wydana w 37 w krajach książka przerywa tabu milczenia wobec istniejącej nadal w krajach muzułmańskich barbarzyńskiej tradycji. Nieludzkiego obyczaju, prawa mężczyzn, na mocy którego co najmniej pięć tysięcy kobiet pada co roku ofiarą zbrodni honorowej. Nazwa - Spalona Żywcem Wyd. Kieszonkowe Autor - Souad Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Amber Kod ISBN - 9788324159406 Kod EAN - 9788324159406 Wydanie - 1 Rok wydania - 2016 Tłumacz - 31182,maria rostworowska; Format - 110 x 175 x 14 Ilość stron - 224 Podatek VAT - 5% Premiera - 2016-06-23

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82,20 zł

Inside Seal Team Six WARNER INTERNATIONAL

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Don Mann offers an indispensable, ground-breaking narrative of what it takes to make a SEAL and to break a man - very close to the same thing. Pushing himself and his men to extremes, Mann suffered intensely for country and here he'll describe his life in the SEALS and SEAL Team 6, his training and the training he conducted and the operations that took him within an inch of his life. This will be the most up-to-date, comprehensive book on SEAL Team 6. There are 6500 Navy SEALS but only a select few reach the most rigorous, effective team of all, so secret that its operations are only beginning to be understood: known as SEAL Team 6, it's one of the United States's two secretive Tier One counter-terrorism and Special Missions Units; the other such group is 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force). SEAL Team 6 trains and operates over 300 days a year away from home. They have been secretly involved in every major US military operation since their founding in World War II. They are the only unit qualified to operate in all terrains and most recently, they were responsible for the capture and death of Osama Bin Laden. On air, on land, at sea--the SEALS are the dominant, misunderstood, and secrecy-shrouded American special operations unit, and here, they come to vivid life.

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73,25 zł

Inside Seal Team Six WARNER INTERNATIONAL

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Don Mann offers an indispensable, ground-breaking narrative of what it takes to make a SEAL and to break a man - very close to the same thing. Pushing himself and his men to extremes, Mann suffered intensely for country and here he'll describe his life in the SEALS and SEAL Team 6, his training and the training he conducted and the operations that took him within an inch of his life. This will be the most up-to-date, comprehensive book on SEAL Team 6. There are 6500 Navy SEALS but only a select few reach the most rigorous, effective team of all, so secret that its operations are only beginning to be understood: known as SEAL Team 6, it's one of the United States's two secretive Tier One counter-terrorism and Special Missions Units; the other such group is 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force). SEAL Team 6 trains and operates over 300 days a year away from home. They have been secretly involved in every major US military operation since their founding in World War II. They are the only unit qualified to operate in all terrains and most recently, they were responsible for the capture and death of Osama Bin Laden.On air, on land, at sea--the SEALS are the dominant, misunderstood, and secrecy-shrouded American special operations unit, and here, they come to vivid life.

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327,31 zł

Casey Stoner Six Straight Mpix Photography

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Casey Stoner is a MotoGP legend. With two MotoGP World Championships and six consecutive victories at the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, Stoner simply walked away from the sport. Fed up with the politics and endless sponsor commitments, Stoner decided to spend time with his family and live a more normal life, away from the prying eyes of the media. Stoner, to this day, remains the last person to win a MotoGP event on the difficult Ducati. Yet he has been often remembered and much maligned for his frank nature and somewhat dour personality. His record speaks for itself, world titles with manufacturers who had struggled to achieve these outcomes, first with Ducati and finally with Honda. This book is a largely pictorial coverage of Stoner's races at the iconic Phillip Island International Raceway, home to the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix. It is a tribute to a rider who is a true champion of the sport. With his return to Ducati as a test rider, there is a glimmer of hope that he will one day return to racing at the island to claim a seventh victory.

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118,37 zł

Six Stages Of Parenthood Hachette Books

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Almost all books for parents focus on the way children develop. Ellen Galinsky, instead, writes about how parents develop. Drawing on the work in adult development of Erik Erikson and Daniel Levinson, she describes six distinct stages in the life of a parent: the image-making that occurs during pregnancy; the nurturing role that swallows parents up from birth through the first couple of years; the authority parents must develop as small children show independence; the interpretive stage when parents explain the world and their values to school-age children; the interdependent stage when teenagers challenge authority; and the departure years when parents let go and take stock of their accomplishments and failures.

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63,40 zł

S.U.M.O. Shut Up Move On The Straight-Talking Guide Capstone Publishing

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"A superb book. It combines honesty, humour and inspiration to help people move ahead in life."

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56,37 zł

S.U.M.O (Shut Up, Move On) John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Celebrating 10 Years of Shut Up, Move On!§§Paul McGee's international bestselling personal development heavyweight S.U.M.O. has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world fulfil their potential, seize opportunities, succeed at work, and respond to adverse situations with a positive attitude. Weighing in with humour, insight, practical tips, and personal anecdotes, it's a thought provoking--and possibly life-changing--read. Now newly updated to celebrate 10 years since its first publication and including up-to-date case studies and examples, as well brand new exercises to test yourself, S.U.M.O: 10th Anniversary Edition will help SUMO fans, as well as SUMO amateurs, get more out of this bestselling, self-help classic.§§There are six S.U.M.O. principles that are designed to help you create and enjoy a brilliant life:§Change Your T-Shirt-- take responsibility for your own life and don't be a victim.§Develop Fruity Thinking-- change your thinking and change your results.§Hippo Time is OK-- understand how setbacks affect you and how to recover from them.§Remember the Beachball-- increase your understanding and awareness of other people's world.§Learn Latin-- change comes through action not intention.§Overcome the tendency to put things off.§Ditch Doris Day-- create your own future rather than leave it to chance. Forget the attitude 'que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be.'

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193,79 zł

PROGENY: HIGHLIGHTS FROM SEVENTY-TWO (3LP) - Yes (Płyta winylowa)

Książki & Multimedia > Muzyka

Lista utworów - Płyta 1 1. Opening (Excerpt from Firebird Suite)/Siberian Khatru 2. I've Seen All Good People: Your Move/All Good People 3. Heart of the Sunrise 4. Clap/Mood for a Day 5. And You and I (Cord of Life/Eclipse/The Preacher the Teacher/Apocalypse) Płyta 2 1. Close to the Edge (The Solid Time of Change/Total Mass Retain/I Get Up I Get Down/Seasons of Man) 2. Excerpts from 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII' 3. Roundabout 4. Yours Is No Disgrace Nazwa - PROGENY: HIGHLIGHTS FROM SEVENTY-TWO (3LP) Autor - Yes Kod EAN - 0081227956707 Rok wydania - 2015 Nośnik - Płyta winylowa Ilość elementów - 3 Podatek VAT - 23% Premiera - 2015-05-25

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77,80 zł

PROGENY: HIGHLIGHTS FROM SEVENTY-TWO (2CD) - Yes (Płyta CD)

Książki & Multimedia > Muzyka

Opis - Rok 1972 był wyjątkowy w historii wielkiej legendy rocka progresywnego, brytyjskiej grupy Yes. Jej piąty album, "Close To The Edge", okazał się wielkim sukcesem artystycznym i komercyjnym (platyna w USA i Wielkiej Brytanii), a fani tłumnie walili na koncerty, aby zobaczyć idoli w akcji. Zapis tego, co się działo na żywo, Yes zawarł częściowo na potrójnej koncertowej płycie "Yessongs" z 1973 roku. Rozeszła się w ponad milionie kopii i charakteryzowała się niesamowitą oprawą graficzną Rogera Deana. Niedawno muzycy Yes poszperali w swoich przepastnych archiwach i odnaleźli pełnych siedem zarejestrowanych koncertów z trasy z 1972 roku! Występów, które odbyły się przed tymi, z których kompozycje wypełniły "Yessongs". Dzięki współczesnej technologii, nagrania z oryginalnych analogowych taśm odrestaurowano pod kątem wydania ich współcześnie. Każdy detal brzmieniowy został dopracowany z pietyzmem, aby dać słuchaczowi wyjątkowe doznania podczas obcowania z tą ponadczasową muzyką. Jest wrażenie jakby było się w pierwszym rzędzie podczas tych wspaniałych koncertów. Zebrano dwa wydawnictwa z niepublikowanym wcześniej koncertowym materiałem Yes. Pierwsze to "Highlights From Seventy-Two", 90 minut muzyki live z różnych koncertów. Przygotowano je na dwóch CD oraz potrójnym winylu. Całość sprawia wrażenie jednego spójnego występu od początku do samego końca. "Progeny: Seven Shows From Seventy-Two" to z kolei box składający się z aż 14 krążków! Zebrano na nich wszystkie siedem koncertów z jesieni 1972 roku, gdy Yes frunęli z Kanady aż do Północnej Karoliny potem do Georgii i Tennessee, by zwieńczyć dzieło 20 listopada 1972 roku występem w Nowym Jorku, w Nassau Coliseum. Płyty zapakowano niczym eleganckie cygara w rozsuwanym wiekiem pudełka. Specjalną oprawę graficzną wydawnictwa przygotował oczywiście Roger Dean. Tournée z 1972 roku było pierwszym z Alanem White'em roli perkusisty. Zastąpił on genialnego Billa Bruforda, który nagrał z Yes album "Close To The Edge", po czym odszedł do King Crimson. Oprócz Alana w składzie zespołu byli wówczas: Jon Anderson (śpiew), Steve Howe (gitara), Chris Squire (gitara basowa) i Rick Wakeman (klawisze). Lista utworów - Płyta 1 [CD1] 1. Opening (Excerpt From Firebird Suite) / Siberian Khatru (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York November 20, 1972) 2. I've Seen All Good People: Your Move / All Good People (Live At Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, Tennessee November 15, 1972) 3. Heart Of The Sunrise (Live At Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, Tennessee November 15, 1972) 4. Clap/Mood For A Day (Live At Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina November 12, 1972) 5. And You And I [I. Cord Of Life, Ii. Eclipse, Iii. The Preacher The Teacher, Iv. Apocalypse] (Live At Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina November 11, 1972) Płyta 2 [CD2] 1. Close To The Edge (I. The Solid Time Of Change, Ii. Total Mass Retain, Iii. I Get Up I Get Down, Iv. Seasons Of Man) [Live At Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina November 11, 1972] 2. Excerpts From "The Six Wives Of Henry Viii" (Live At Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina) 3. Roundabout (Live At Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario October 31, 1972) 4. Yours Is No Disgrace (Live At Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina November 12, 1972) Nazwa - PROGENY: HIGHLIGHTS FROM SEVENTY-TWO (2CD) Autor - Yes Kod EAN - 0081227956578 Rok wydania - 2015 Nośnik - Płyta CD Ilość elementów - 2 Podatek VAT - 23% Premiera - 2015-05-25

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40,80 zł

Letter from America Penguin

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When Alistair Cooke retired in March 2004 and then died a few weeks later, he was acclaimed by many as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. His Letters from America, which began in 1946 and continued uninterrupted every week until early 2004, kept the world in touch with what was happening in Cooke's wry, liberal and humane style. This selection, made largely by Cooke himself and supplemented by his literary executor, gives us the very best of these legendary broadcasts. Over half have never appeared in print before. It is a remarkable portrait of a continent - and a man. Fred Astaire 26 June 1987 Movie stars don't make it. Nor statesmen. Not Prime Ministers, or dictators unless they die in office. Not even a world-famous rock star, unless he's assassinated. But last Monday, none of the three national television networks hesitated about the story that would lead the evening news. On millions of little screens in this country and I don't doubt in many other countries around the world, the first shots were of an imp, a graceful wraith, a firefly in impeccable white tie and tails. And for much longer than the lead story usually runs, for a full five minutes on NBC, we were given a loving retrospective of the dead man, ending with the firm declaration by Nureyev that 'He was not just the best ballroom dancer, or tap dancer, he was simply the greatest, most imaginative, dancer of our time.' And the newsmen were right to remind us of the immortal comment of the Hollywood mogul, who, with the no-nonsense directness of an expert, reported on Fred Astaire's first film test: 'Has enormous ears, can't act, can't sing, dances a little.' That Hollywood mogul, long gone, spent his life ducking round corners, to avoid being identified as the oaf who looked in the sky and never saw the brightest star. However, that expert opinion was, as the lawyers say, controlling at the time and in Astaire's first movies, there was no thought of allowing him to act or sing. But not for long. And thanks to the invention of television, and the need to fill vast stretches of the afternoon and night with old movies, it has been possible for my daughter, for instance, to claim Fred Astaire as her favourite film star from the evidence of all the movies he made fifteen, ten, five, three years before she was born. When I got the news on Monday evening here, and realized with immediate professional satisfaction that the BBC had smartly on hand a musical obituary tribute to him I put together eight years ago, I couldn't help recalling the casual, comic way this and similar radio obituaries came about. I was in London at the end of 1979, and Richard Rodgers - one of the two or three greatest of American songwriters - had just died, I believe on New Year's Eve or the night before. Britons, by then, were getting accustomed, without pain, to making what used to be a two-day Christmas holiday into a ten-day much-needed rest. For all laborious research purposes, the BBC was shut up. And there was no retrospective programme on the life and music of Richard Rodgers in the BBC's archives. Of course, in a gramophone library that looks like an annex to the Pentagon, there were hundreds, perhaps thousands, of recordings of his songs. The SOS went out to a writer, a producer, and - I presume - a man who had the key to the gramophone library. The silent place was unlocked, and the three of them laboured through the day to put together an hour's tribute to Richard Rodgers. It was done. It was competent enough, but rushed to an impossible deadline. This hasty improvisation happened just when my own music producer and I, who had enjoyed working together for six years or so on American popular music, were wondering what we could offer next. We'd done a sketch history of jazz, through individuals. We'd gone through all the popular music of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and were stumped for a new series, at which point I asked if we mightn't go and talk to the head of the channel, network or whatever. We went in, and the genial boss asked me what we had in mind. 'A morgue,' I said. A what? 'Where', I asked, 'is your morgue?' He was not familiar with the word, a newspaper term. 'Well,' I said, 'all newspapers have them.' 'How d'you mean?' 'If, I explained, 'Mrs Thatcher died tonight and you woke up and read a two-sentence obituary, you'd be rightly outraged. But if you saw a two-page obituary, you'd take it for granted. When d'you suppose it was written?' 'That's right,' he said thoughtfully. What I was proposing was a morgue of the Americans eminent in popular music and jazz, so they'd not get caught short again. A splendid idea, the man said; pick your stars. We made a list and were commissioned to return to America and finish all of them. Naturally, we looked at a calendar, and birthdates of Hoagy Carmichael, Earl Hines, Harold Arlen, Ethel Merman, Stephane Grappelli, Ella Fitzgerald. But then, in a spasm of panic, we thought of two giants - if the word can be used about two comparative midgets: Irving Berlin and Fred Astaire. Berlin was then 91. And Fred Astaire was just crowding 80. The boss man, to whom the idea of a morgue had been, only a few minutes before, quaint if not morbid, wondered what we were waiting for. Better get busy, at once, on Berlin and then on Astaire. I remember doing the Astaire obit, then and there, while I was still in London. Meanwhile, we'd simply pray every night that the Lord would keep Irving Berlin breathing till I could get home and get busy. I remember being picked up in a car by a charming young girl to get to the BBC and record my Astaire narration - there wasn't a moment to lose. She asked me, in the car, what the script was that I was clutching. 'It's an obituary', I said, 'of Fred Astaire.' 'Fred Astaire,' she shrieked, 'dead?' and almost swerved into a bus. 'Of course, he's not dead,' I said, 'but he's going to be one day.' She, too, was new to the institution of a morgue. I recalled that when I was a correspondent for a British paper in the United States, and when for example. Dean Acheson was appointed Secretary of State, the first cable I had from my editor said, 'Welcome Acheson obituary soonest.' How ghoulish, she said. I imagine that to two generations at least, it's assumed that Fred Astaire, this slim, pop-eyed newcomer to Hollywood who couldn't act, couldn't sing, danced a little, only made a fool of the mogul through the movies he made, with Ginger Rogers, in the mid- and late 1930s. But long before then, from the mid-1920s on, he was already an incomparable star - as a dancer - to theatre audiences both in New York and in London. Perhaps more in London than anywhere, certainly in the 1920s, with the early Gershwin hits, Funny Face and Lady Be Good, and lastly, in 1933, in Cole Porter's Gay Divorce (which was the title of the theatre show; Hollywood would not then allow so shocking a title and called the movie version, The Gay Divorcee). Of all the thousands of words that have been written this week, and will be written, there is a passage I went back to on Tuesday night which, I think, as well as anything I know, sums up Astaire's overall appeal - the appeal that takes in but transcends one's admiration for his dancing and for his inimitably intimate singing style. This was written in November 1933, by a theatre critic who had so little feel for dancing that he marvelled why London should go on about 'Mr Astaire's doing well enough what the Tiller Girls at Blackpool do superbly'. The critic, the writer, was James Agate, the irascible, dogmatic, opinionated but brilliant journalist, and I believe the best critic of acting we have had this century. He is writing his review of Gay Divorce, after declaring yet again his contempt for musical comedy as an entertainment for idiots, deploring the play's plot and the acting and hoping 'Micawberishly, for something to turn up'. 'Presently,' he wrote, 'Mr Fred Astaire obliged, and there is really no more to be said.' Except

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60,99 zł

Life and Laughing Penguin Books

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Discover Michael McIntyre's hilarious life-story in "Life and Laughing". Michael McIntyre is Britain's biggest comedy star. He has released two record-breaking DVDs, "Live and Laughing" and "Hello Wembley"; hosts his own BAFTA-nominated BBC1 series, "Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow"; and has picked up British Comedy Awards for Best Live Stand-Up and Best Male TV Comic. Last year he became the youngest ever host of the Royal Variety Performance, and now in 2011 he takes the hot seat as a judge in the hit ITV show "Britain's Got Talent". How did he get there? Michael reveals all in his remarkably honest and hilarious autobiography. His showbiz roots, his appalling attempts to attract the opposite sex, his fish-out-of-water move from public to state school and his astonishing journey from selling just one ticket at the Edinburgh Festival to selling half a million tickets on his last tour. Michael McIntyre's "Life and Laughing" is riveting, poignant, romantic and above all very, very funny. Michael McIntyre was born in South London in 1976 to parents from the world of showbiz. His Hungarian mother was a dancer and his Canadian father co-wrote "The Kenny Everett Television Show".Now he is a stand-up comedian who in 2009 sold out a record six nights at Wembley Arena and four nights at London's O2. Michael lives in North London with his wife Kitty and their sons Lucas and Oscar. This is his first book.

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104,50 zł

Chess for the Gifted Busy: A Short but Comprehensive Course - from Beginner to Expert

Szachy > Inne wydawnictwa

Chess for the Gifted and Busy  provides you the fastest way to learn to play chess. Its innovative and succinct approach is tailored to those who want to learn quickly, without missing out on important ideas. Want to learn chess yourself or teach it to your child, but are busy with lots of other activities? This right-to-the-point book by one of the game's foremost teacher-writer teams uses a breakthrough approach to make the most of your time. Best of all, you select your goal from one of three possible levels. Want to go from absolute beginner to neighbourhood champ? Complete level I in only one afternoon, play some practice games - and you'll quickly be saying ''checkmate''!  When you're ready to become a tough tournament-level competitor, Level II cuts through the mysteries of strategy and tactics to show you precisely what you need to know.  And, if you decide that you won't settle for anything less than being an Expert, near the top levels of tournament chess, Level III puts you on the path to being a tournament champion! Chess for the Gifted and Busy also provides the most time-efficient review of important techniques for chess veterans, even master-level players. Chess for the Gifted and Busy is a condensed but comprehensive summary of the entire  Comprehensive Chess Course  series.  Three-time U.S. and European Champion Grandmaster  Lev Alburt  is one of the world's most sought-after teachers. Fellow New Yorker  Al Lawrence  is an award-winning educator and writer, a recipient of the Chess Journalist of the Year Award.  Table of Contents Level I ...10  Lesson One: Rules of Play ...11  Lesson Two: How to Win Chess Games ..29 Level II ...50  Lesson Three: When a King Is Home Alone ...51 Lesson Four: The Chessmen at Work ...63 Lesson Five: Tools of the Trade ...77  Lesson Six: Bishop Sacrifices ...91 Lesson Seven: Attacking the King ...99 Lesson Eight: Strategy  - Minor Pieces ...111  Lesson Nine: Strategy - Major Pieces ...125  Lesson Ten: Strategy - Significance of the Center ...139 Lesson Eleven: Strategy - Weak Strong Squares ...151  Lesson Twelve: Strategy - Pawn Weaknesses ...157  Lesson Thirteen: Introduction to the Endgame ...165  Lesson Fourteen: Pawns Against Pieces ...189 Lesson Fifteen: Rook Endings ...201  Lesson Sixteen: Knight Endgames  ...215  Lesson Seventeen: Bishop Endgames ...223 Lesson Eighteen: Endgames - The Rest ...235  Lesson Nineteen: - Openings Reviewed ...243  Level III ...260 Lesson Twenty: The Bishop Pair ...261 Lesson Twenty-One: The Struggle Between Differently Composed Forces ...269  Lesson Twenty-Two: Compensation for Sacrificed Material ...279  Lesson Twenty-Three: The Isolani ...287  Lesson Twenty-Four: Choose Your (Opening) Weapons! ...293  Afterword: Moving On to Expert and Master ...299  Glossary ...302  GM Ben Finegold, Chess Life: "The information is rock solid. I have taught my own students the same ideas and only hope I have explained it as well as the authors in this book." Charles Murray , author of 'What It Means to be a Libertarian' : "Lev Alburt taught me basic things about the game that none of the other books ever taught me. He is a brilliant teacher, and his books capture brilliance." GM Maxim Dugly, former World Junior Chess Champion:   "In the Comprehensive Chess Course Volumes 3, 4 and 5, Grandmaster Lev Alburt boldly promises to deliver the most effective tactics, strategies and the best technique s for attack and defense of the king (..) He has managed to live up completely to his pledge. A truly great work!"

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81,19 zł

The Rebel League: The Short and Unruly Life of the World Hockey Association MCCLELLAND & STEWART

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The wildest seven years in the history of hockey "The Rebel League celebrates the good, the bad, and the ugly of the fabled WHA. It is filled with hilarious anecdotes, behind the scenes dealing, and simply great hockey. It tells the story of Bobby Hull's astonishing million-dollar signing, which helped launch the league, and how he lost his toupee in an on-ice scrap.It explains how a team of naked Birmingham Bulls ended up in an arena concourse spoiling for a brawl. How the Oilers had to smuggle fugitive forward Frankie "Seldom" Beaton out of their dressing room in an equipment bag. And how Mark Howe sometimes forgot not to yell "Dad!" when he called for his teammate father, Gordie, to pass. There's the making of "Slap Shot, that classic of modern cinema, and the making of the virtuoso line of Hull, Anders Hedberg, and Ulf Nilsson. It began as the moneymaking scheme of two California lawyers. They didn't know much about hockey, but they sure knew how to shake things up. The upstart WHA introduced to the world 27 new hockey franchises, a trail of bounced cheques, fractious lawsuits, and folded teams. It introduced the crackpots, goons, and crazies that are so well remembered as the league's bizarre legacy. But the hit-and-miss league was much more than a travelling circus of the weird and wonderful. It was the vanguard that drove hockey into the modern age. It ended the NHL's monopoly, freed players from the reserve clause, ushered in the 18-year-old draft, moved the game into the Sun Belt, and put European players on the ice in numbers previously unimagined. The rebel league of the WHA gave shining stars their big-league debut and others their swan song, and providedhigh-octane fuel for some spectacular flameouts. By the end of its seven years, there were just six teams left standing, four of which - the Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques, Edmonton Oilers, and Hartford Whalers - would wind up in the expanded NHL. "From the Hardcover editi

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Mustaine: A Life in Metal HarperCollins Publishers

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Founding member of Megadeth and former Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine tells a never-before-heard story of the lifetime he has spent in rock 'n' roll. But this extraordinary tale, riddled with his own personal ups and downs, is also the inside account of two of the most influential heavy metal bands in the world. Here, for the first time ever, Dave Mustaine tells the tale of two of the biggest metal bands in history; a story yet to be told from the inside. Metallica, the pioneers of the thrash metal genre, rocketed to international fame in the 1980s, selling over 90 million records worldwide, making it the most successful band of its kind - ever. Megadeth, the second most successful thrash metal band ever, have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, including six consecutive platinum albums. Despite their enormous success together, Dave and Metallica have bad blood by the bucket-load. In April of 1983, due in part to alcoholism and in part to personality clashes with founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, Dave was unceremoniously fired from the band, dumped at a Greyhound bus station in Rochester, NY with a single ticket back to LA. How did such an abrupt end come about?How did he pick himself back up, recover his dignity, and go on to send another band into the dizzying heights of rock stardom? The time has come to set the record straight. From the early, crazy days of Metallica to his split with the band, and to his glorious reign with Megadeth, Dave has seen and experienced life's extremities. This startlingly candid, refreshingly in-your-face memoir tells it all.

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